Improvement in anti chaflng instruments



1. M. MERRILL.

Anti-Chaing Instruments. Y

N0,147,676, .Patented Feb.17,1874.

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JAMES M. MERRILL, OF YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA.

lMPROVEMEN'T' INNTCHAFING INSTRUMENTS.

Speclicaton Forming part of Letters lntcnt No. 147,676, dated February17, li; application tiled October 2, 1873.

To all Iwhom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. MERRILL, of Yarmouth, in the county ofYarmouth and Irovince of Nova Scot-ia, have invented an ImprovedAnti-@hating Instrument; and I do hereby declare that the following,taken 4in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part ofthis specification, is a description of my invention sutlicient toenable those skilled in the art to practice it.

The invention relates to the construction of an instrument t0 be worn byeorpulentmen, to prevent cha-ting between the thighs and scrotum. Theinstrument or device consists of two wings or curved pieces, hingedtogether at one end, so as to freely move upon the joint, theconstruction being such that the instrunient tits snugly up between thethighs, each wing interposin g between the scrotum and the ad jacentthigh, (the scrotum being between the wings,) and the instrument beingretained in place by suitable back and abdominal stra-ps and tapes. Theinvention consists in the con` struction thus generally described.

The drawing represents an instrument cmbodying my invention.

Figure l shows the instrument in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview ofthe same.

a b denote two wings, hinged together at e.

These wings may be made of hard rubber, or of any other suitablematerial, and each ares slightly, as seen in Fig. 2, while at their rearor hinged ends they incline and extend upward, as seen in Fig. 1. rllhefront ends are perforated, as seen at d, to receive tapes or loops e,through 'which extends the abdominal and body-encircling strap or bandf,- and the hinged ends' are perforated, as seen at g, to receive theends of the back stra-ps or tapes Il..

rlhe instrument being placed between the thighs, and so that the wingsinclose the scrotum, and are interposed between the scrotum and thethighs, it is fastened up to the body by the tapes and band, theextension t itting up behind the scrotum. In walking, the wings serveeii'ectually to keep the thighs and scrotum from abra-sive contact, and,both in Walle ing and in sitting down, they freely expand and contractupon the hinge in accordance with the motions ofthe legs.

I claimlhe antichating instrument formed with the wings, hinged togetherand held in place substantially as described.

J. M. MERRILL.

Witnesses FRANCIS GOULD, M. IV. FROTHINGHAM.

